Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Top ten CULTURAL reasons cannabis freedom is rising

1. The rise of advocacy groups which by their very names
challenge the prevailing cultural order and prohibition-era stereotypes built
up over generations. Examples: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Students
for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)... Blueblood Yankees On Cannabis (they’d sooner
die).

2. Moms for Marijuana.Watch
out!When the moms of America finally wake up and see what cannabis really
is and what it can do for their family…Washington
is gonna get so nailed for lying, and the drug war will be grounded. Forever. Nuff
said.

3. Countries like Uruguay,
Portugal and Switzerland are
taking the lead on crafting modern drug-use strategies, and proving once again that
the freedom to choose works.

5. Mainstream Americans, still the most influential cultural group
in the world, are discovering the medicinal truth about cannabis in large
numbers by way of their ailments, and internet testimonials by brave patient
pioneers like Shona Banda and David Triplett.

6. Alcohol and pill abuse is rampant in our culture, and cannabis
is proving to be a useful exit drug for patients wrapped up in those costly,
toxic, and often tragic addictions. [Myth-busting research study by Amanda Reiman: http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/35]

7. Doctors, particularly in free states, have begun to assert their sacred
oath by insisting on treating patients in the privacy of their own practices—with
cannabis if that works.

8. Long-lasting, stealthy cannabis edibles and extracts are starting
to make the party scene; 420 revelers typically drink less and feel better in
the morning.Evidence: Drunken driving
fatalities decline in states that give their citizens the right to choose
cannabis [see Maia Szalavitz piece for Time Magazine: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/why-medical-marijuana-laws-reduce-traffic-deaths/].

9. Cannabis festivals are all the rage: fun, safe, friendly, and
often held on private land, these vibrant transitory marketplaces expand the support
base, provide income for sellers of everything from goat soap to edibles, and serve
as a key meeting place for local and regional growers, patients, ganjapreneurs,
advocates and aficionados.

10. To the utter frustration of the prohibitionists in power, the
internet has fallen into the hands of the people.The convenient medicinal and economic truth
about cannabis is now appearing on screens large and small, all over the world.